maybe i can argue the rational reason why
they often put on the spotlight the player winning a tournament in the previous week
if you take a quick look at the stats, often the finalists of a tournament lose at first/second round of the following due to fatigue, jet lag,etc.
it is very rare to find someone winning or doing good two in a row

maybe i can argue the rational reason why
they often put on the spotlight the player winning a tournament in the previous week
if you take a quick look at the stats, often the finalists of a tournament lose at first/second round of the following due to fatigue, jet lag,etc.
it is very rare to find someone winning or doing good two in a row

Acutally, the "player on spotlight" isn't someone who's doing good in the challenger circuit. This guy is that one in the major headline on the challenger page. The "POS" is usually the best-ranked ATP player going to challenger circuit that week, so no excuses of fatigue rs

Acutally, the "player on spotlight" isn't someone who's doing good in the challenger circuit. This guy is that one in the major headline on the challenger page. The "POS" is usually the best-ranked ATP player going to challenger circuit that week, so no excuses of fatigue rs

not in this week's case mate: http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tourname...nger-Tour.aspx
they show Kukushkin, pheraps losing in first round this week, as the one who did well in the recent two challengers (final-win, back to back)
this week is not a curse, it's only fatigue and a little jet lag

not in this week's case mate: http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tourname...nger-Tour.aspx
they show Kukushkin, pheraps losing in first round this week, as the one who did well in the recent two challengers (final-win, back to back)
this week is not a curse, it's only fatigue and a little jet lag

Kukushin is not the one in player spotlight. It is Yen-Hsun Lu. Look below the first guy to the blue headline that says Player Spotlight.

Last week Potito Starace was in the spotlight, but he didn't mind and won the San Marino title easily.

This week the curse hits again: Eric Prodon, currently ranked #86 and top seed at the Cordenons challenger, lost in the second round against the #247 ranked Alessandro Giannessi. This is already Gianessi's third top 100 scalp of the year, after beating Daniel Gimeno-Traver and Maximo Gonzalez in the last two months.

Former World No. 40 Thiemo de Bakker looks to rebuild his form after a two-month absence from professional tennis. The 22-year-old Dutchman competes at the XXXVIII Edizione A. Savoldi-Marco Co' alongside Stephane Robert, Martin Klizan and Dustin Brown.

Player spotlight no good for old man Rainer Schüttler. One week after winning the Astana challenger, he lost in the 2nd round of Bangkok challenger to #295 ranked Harri Heliovaara. Maybe he was out of gas. Or maybe it was the curse?...

World No. 45 Pablo Andujar, who captured his first ATP World Tour title at Casablanca (d. Starace) in April and finished runner-up at Stuttgart (l. to Ferrer) in July, is top seed at the Genova Aon Open Challenger this week.

World No. 120 Sam Querrey looks to make his way back up the rankings with a strong showing as the No. 3 seed at the First Republic Bank Tiburon Challenger. The American was sidelined throughout the summer with an elbow injury and over the past month returned to action with two semi-final showings at ATP Challenger Tour events in Tulsa and Sacramento.

Eric Prodon is the second seed at this week’s BVA Open 2011 and is looking for his fourth ATP Challenger Tour title of the season. The Frenchman faces competition from top seed Rui Machado, third seed Diego Junquiera and fourth seed Frederico Gil.